layer of meaning
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflayerandmeaning
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layer
noun[C]
uk/ˈleɪ.ər/us/ˈleɪ.ɚ/
a level of material, such as a type of rock or gas, that is different from the material above or below it, or a thin sheet of ...
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meaning
noun
uk/ˈmiː.nɪŋ/us/ˈmiː.nɪŋ/
The meaning of something is what it expresses ...
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(Definition oflayerandmeaningfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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When single, banal tropes are put together they may create a more elaborate structure and hence may acquire anotherlayerofmeaning.
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Yet there is an additionallayerofmeaningto these petitions.
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And it is this secondarylayerofmeaningthat defines the form's medium.
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In addition, there is anotherlayerofmeaningthat citationality allows us to bring in: the idea that the stylized other voices can be specifically and stereotypically gendered voices.
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The absurdity of a crying iron is only the firstlayerofmeaning, the second relating to a woman trapped under the weight of household duties.
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Nonetheless, over a period of three years in use, the nickname has developed added layers of meaning.
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A contemporarylayerofmeaninghowever, is not the only layer.
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Like the ingredients that make the bread, her purposes are folded into the act in ever-encompassing layers of meaning.
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This concept adds anotherlayerofmeaningto the idea of multi-media.
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Thus, when we speak of family, we are referring to layers of meaning, not to a single empirical reality.
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The resulting 'play' between the music and the lyric could convey complicated layers of meaning and contradictory attitudes of overlapping personae.
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Engaging the short story cycle in the representation of place and community extends layers of meaning and ways of signifying.
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The experiment on verbal conversion suggests that we all know how to dig around in these layers of meaning and how to surface in the appropriate one.
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This means that they suggest a deeplayerofmeaningjust by describing the assortments of a room, or an object apart, without any actual human presence.
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For example, since advertisements can have multiple layers of meaning, they can be decoded in various ways and can mean something different to different people.
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However, the concept has several layers of meaning.
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Instead, there were powerful, evocative images which cystallized layers of meaning and association...
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In fact, these passages are carefully crafted, and their seemingly chaotic structure conceals multiple layers of meaning.
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